Dr. Visit.......

One of Tom's knees has been causing him pain and weakness for the past few months.....So he  (Tom)  had me make an apt. with his family doctor......

Yesterday was "the day"........ Now Tom, like most men, does not like going to the Dr...... Tom, like most men, gets frustrated sitting and waiting for what seems an eternity to be called in....... 

Well Tom has stepped over the thresh hold of impatience and goes kind of "biserk" waiting.....

First he goes "early".... than watches the time.....tick.tick...tick... watches people without moving his head... his face starts turning red... he is holding one wrist with the other hand... kind of twisting it... he is quietly shifting in his chair while he starts to let out loud slow sighs... his breathing gets heavier....

"That's it... I'm leaving if I'm not called in pretty soon!!!"  he exclaims......"Tom, it is only 10 minutes past your apt. time...... we came early".... I calmly state.  That didn't buy much time as some people are being called in but not him..... That adds to his agitation.....

I crack some jokes about stupid stuff .......  trying to distract... I only annoy him and add to his agitated state..... he tells me I'm not going in with him now....."You can stay out here!" he says. 

Okay that is the funniest thing he's said all day...... He'd freak out if I didn't follow him in....... "You better go tell them I'm going to leave"...... "OH BRUTHER!"....... Please spare me this big boys temper tantrum........it's now 20 minutes past his apt time.

I go to the desk and talked to the lady to pacify  my "BBB" (Big Bad Boy)........ We were called in shortly after.... Because it was our turn.........

After his vitals are taken and the exam room door shuts tight he starts pacing......He can hear the voice of his Dr. in the next room..... He starts to comment out loud for them to shut up...... he was whispering so I let it go.... he started to make his naughty boy faces at me so I knew I was dealing with "naughty little Tommy"........

He rarely escalates... just empty threats and naughty..... and he was naughty!!!!

FINALLY the Doc. enters and Tom calms..... He had trouble explaining his knee so after he was done I added a few important symptoms.... Had an x-ray.....and ended up with a cortisone shot in the knee joint......

Tom has developed a slower walking pace and usually tells me to slow down..... Well once we cleared the door to the lobby he was OUT OF THERE.......  At least he was in the right vehicle when I came trailing behind.....